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Best Link in Bio for YouTubers With Sponsors
· by ExclusiveLink
The best link in bio for a YouTuber depends on what the link has to do. YouTube already lets you show up to 14 links on your channel and put clickable links in every long video's description, so a channel that only points at its Instagram and Patreon needs nothing extra. A channel with sponsors, an Amazon gear list and its own presets, templates or course needs one page that tracks which video sent each click, sells digital products without a 9% cut and runs on its own domain. That is the job ExclusiveLink is built for.
Below are six setups US creators actually use, priced from each vendor's own pages, with the cut each one takes when you sell through it and whether it can tell you which video did the work.
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Type a handle, pick what you sell, and lock a link to see the gate in place.
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The best link in bio for YouTubers, compared
"Cut on your sales" is the platform's own fee on things sold through its checkout; card processing comes on top everywhere. Sponsor fees and affiliate commission are paid to you directly and none of these tools touch them.
| Setup | Price | Cut on your sales | Own domain | Clicks per video | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube channel links alone | $0 | Nothing to sell | Not needed | No | A channel pointing at its socials and one shop |
| Linktree | $0, $8, $15 or $35 a month | 12% Free, 9% Starter and Pro, 0% Premium | Not offered | Sources on Pro and Premium | A plain link list on Instagram and TikTok |
| Beacons | $0, $10, $30 or $100 a month | 9% on Free and Creator, 0% from $30 | On paid plans | Built-in link analytics | A cheap store plus a media kit for sponsors |
| Stan Store | $29 or $99 a month | 0% | Not offered | Store analytics | A course or coaching call as the main product |
| Carrd Pro Standard | $19 a year | Payment buttons through your own account | Yes | With your own analytics | A designed one-page channel site on a budget |
| ExclusiveLink | Creator or Pro, see pricing | 2% on Creator, 0% on Pro | On Pro | Yes, UTM campaign per video on Pro | Channels with sponsors, gear lists and their own digital products |
Linktree fees are from its help center, which also states it does not offer custom domains; analytics tiers are from its Insights help article. Carrd prices are from carrd.com/pro. Beacons and Stan prices are from their pricing pages. YouTube's 14 channel links are from YouTube Help.
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- The newest video sits on top for viewers arriving from Instagram or TikTok.
- The gear list is your Amazon storefront or affiliate page, one tap away.
- The sponsor slot is scheduled to run for the length of the deal and then disappear.
- The preset pack is a paid link that opens the download after payment.
- The shot list trades a free PDF for an email address.
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Do YouTubers even need a link in bio?
On YouTube itself, often not. Long video descriptions take clickable links, and the channel profile shows your first link next to the subscribe button with the rest one tap behind it. The link in bio matters in three places. First, Shorts: links in Shorts descriptions and comments have not been clickable since August 2023, so a Shorts viewer can only reach you through the channel profile. Second, every other platform you post clips to, where Instagram and TikTok give you one main link. Third, anything you say out loud, because "link in my bio" or "go to yourname.com" is all a viewer remembers from a podcast spot or a video where the description is out of sight.
If all three of those lead to the same page, you can change what is on it once, instead of editing the descriptions of 300 old videos when a sponsor changes or a product sells out.
Which video sent the sale
This is where most YouTubers are flying blind. YouTube Studio tells you a video got views. Your store tells you it made sales. Nothing connects the two unless the link carries a tag. The fix is simple: paste a tagged version of your page into each description, like yourname.com?utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=low-light-video. On ExclusiveLink Pro, every click and every paid unlock from that visit is filed under that campaign, even if the viewer taps two other buttons first. After a month you can see that the low light video sold 31 preset packs and the gear review sold none, which tells you what to film next.
The same tagging works for the sponsor side. If a brand pays for a mention, a separate campaign tag on that video's link lets you show them the clicks it produced, which is the number that gets the second deal signed. The full method, including what Instagram adds to bio links on its own, is on our link in bio tracking page.
Selling presets, templates and replays without a 9% cut
Many channels earn more from a $29 preset pack or a $49 workshop replay than from AdSense on the video that sold it. Below Linktree's $35 Premium plan, Linktree keeps 9% to 12% of each of those sales, and Beacons keeps 9% on its Free and $10 plans. On ExclusiveLink each product is a paid link: the file or unlisted video stays where you host it, the price sits on the button and the link opens after payment, with 0% platform fee on Pro. The link in bio to sell digital products page walks through pricing and delivery.
If your main product is a full multi-module course, Stan Store at $29 a month is built around that and is the cheaper choice. If what you want is recurring monthly support, keep YouTube channel memberships or Patreon for that; a paid link is a one-time unlock, not a subscription feed.
Gear lists and affiliate links
The gear list is the most clicked button on most tech, camera, fitness and cooking channels. Put your Amazon storefront or affiliate page behind it rather than a dozen separate product links, and use the description for the two or three items shown in that video. No bio tool takes a share of affiliate commission, so price is not the deciding factor here; tracking is. Our best link in bio for Amazon affiliates post covers Amazon's own rules on where those links can go.
Your own domain is the one you say out loud
A YouTuber says the link more often than anyone else: in intros, in sponsor reads, on podcasts. A short domain you own, such as go.yourname.com, is easy to say, easy to remember and stays the same if you change tools later. Linktree and Stan Store do not offer one. Carrd and Beacons do on paid plans, and with us it comes with Pro. The custom domain link in bio page compares which tools allow it. Some channels go further and turn each video into a written article so it can rank in Google too; an AI blog writer that drafts SEO articles from your topics can handle that side, while the bio page stays the place every article points to.
Where ExclusiveLink fits and where it does not
We are a fit for channels that sell their own digital products, rotate sponsors and want to know which video earned. We are not the cheapest way to list your socials (YouTube's own channel links are free), we do not run monthly memberships (keep channel memberships or Patreon), and we do not sync merch catalogs (keep your merch store and link it). For most mid-sized channels the page ends up linking to all of those and selling the rest itself. The link in bio for YouTube page shows the full setup.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best link in bio for YouTubers?
For channels that sell presets, templates or replays and work with sponsors, the best link in bio is one with paid links, per-video click tracking and your own domain, such as ExclusiveLink Pro. For a channel that only links its socials, YouTube's free channel links are enough. For a full course business, Stan Store is the cheaper fit.
How many links can you add to a YouTube channel?
YouTube lets you add up to 14 links to your channel profile. The first one is shown next to your channel name, and viewers tap "and more" to see the rest. Long video descriptions can hold as many clickable links as fit in the text, while Shorts descriptions do not make links clickable.
Why are links in YouTube Shorts not clickable?
YouTube turned off clickable links in Shorts descriptions and comments in August 2023 to cut spam. Shorts viewers can still reach you through the links on your channel profile and the related video link. That makes the first channel link, usually your link in bio page, the only door for Shorts traffic.
Is Linktree good for YouTubers?
Linktree works for a channel that wants a list of links and sells nothing through it. Once you sell digital products, its 9% to 12% seller fee below the $35 Premium plan adds up, it has no custom domain on any plan, and traffic sources need Pro or Premium.
How do YouTubers track which video drives sales?
They put a tagged link in each description, such as yourname.com?utm_campaign=video-name, and use a page or store that reads the tag. ExclusiveLink Pro files every click and paid unlock under that campaign for the whole visit, so you can see revenue per video, not just views.
Linktree fees and analytics tiers are from its help center. Carrd plans are from carrd.com/pro. Beacons and Stan prices are from their pricing pages. YouTube's channel link limit and Shorts link rules are from YouTube Help and YouTube's August 2023 announcement. Platforms change their terms, so check the current page before you rely on a number.